VIEW OF THE AVENUE OF THE PRESIDENTS, SHOWING POSITION OF HOME OF THE NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY
The buildings of the National Geographic Society (directly under the cross near the center of the picture)
face
thewide
avenue
stretching
north from the White House, formerly known as Sixteenth street, but renamed by the last Congress as The
Avenue
ofthePresidents.
The
large
building on the left is the State, War, and Navy Building, and the large building on the right is the United
States
Treasury.